Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Jul 9 Nintendo release arcade game "Donkey Kong" created by Shigeru Miyamoto in Japan (July 31 in the US)
Film Premiere
Jul 10 "Escape from New York" directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell and Donald Pleasence, premieres in the US
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jul 4 Tahar Rahim, French actor (The Serpent), born in Belmont, France
- Jul 5 Ryan Hansen, American actor (Veronica Mars), born in Fountain Valley, California
- Jul 11 Aaron Proctor, American professional wrestling promoter & politician
- Jul 11 Carla Campbell, Jamaican model
- Jul 14 Lee Mead, English actor (Any Dream Will Do), born in Southend-on-Sea, England
- Jul 21 Blake Lewis, American musician (American Idol), born in Redmond, Washington
- Jul 21 Chrishell Stause, American actress, born in Draffenville, Kentucky
- Jul 21 Paloma Faith, English singer, songwriter and actress, born in Hackney, London, England
- Jul 24 Summer Glau, American actress (Firefly), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Jul 26 Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director (Down Under), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 28 Billy Aaron Brown, American actor, born in Clarinda, Iowa
- Jul 28 Jo In Sung, South Korean actor (What Happened in Bali), born in Cheonho-dong, Gangdong District, South Korea
- Jul 31 Eric Lively, American actor (The Butterfly Effect 2), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 31 J.Son Dinant, American comedian, born in Syracuse, New York
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jul 1 George Voskovec [Jirí Wachsmann], Czech actor (12 Angry Men, Somewhere in Time), dies from a heart attack at 76
- Jul 2 Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies
- Jul 3 Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt], Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky, The Wild Wild West), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Jul 7 Keefe Brasselle [John Brasselli], American actor (The Eddie Cantor Story, Be Our Guest), dies of liver disease at 58
- Jul 8 Loring Smith, American actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
- Jul 25 Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69
William Wyler (1902-1981)
Jul 27 American film director (Ben-Hur, Mrs Miniver), dies at 79
